Sentences with «international accounting standards»
Among the measures Europe wants to see are agreed international accounting standards, the establishment of a college of supervisors for multinational firms and globally accepted standards of supervision for banks to apply in all countries. (politics.co.uk)
Now, I know that the FASB is trying to create standards that will be more consistent with international accounting standards, but what they are doing here will make accounting less comparable across US companies, particularly given that adherence to SFAS 159 is optional. (alephblog.com)
6) In the «Good News is Bad News» department, there is an article from the WSJ describing how the SEC may eliminate the FASB by allowing US companies to ditch GAAP, and optionally use international accounting standards [IFRS]. (alephblog.com)